Natalie

Once a upon a time, there was a little town tucked in somewhere in the far corner of this Earth. It was a simple town. Ordinary town folks living ordinary lives. There's really nothing unusual in this town. Nothing except for this little girl by the name of Natalie.

By the first look, there's nothing special about Natalie. Brown hair, small eyes with a tiny nose. She wasn't fat nor was she thin. She wasn't tall but she's not short either.

So what's so unusual about Natalie, one may ask?

For one thing, Natalie loved to sit by herself on the park bench to watch the sunset. And she sat there, day after day, alone. She liked watching sunsets. Watching the clouds turn from pink to orange to purple. It amused her quite a bit. Soft fluffy looking clouds, which sometimes looked like ships, dogs or even the people she knew.

Natalie liked the clouds.

One hot summer, the circus came to town. All the people in the town were excited. Small children ran after the big elephants while adults stood at the sidewalk, admiring the beautiful acrobats. Clowns, despite their big red noses and clumsy shoes, played music and danced around the crowd. The people cheered loudly.

That evening, tentages were built in the park. Huge big red and white tents, so big that they looked giant mushrooms, sprouted out from the earth below. Natalie watched sliently on the bench while they built it. Pretty, she thought.

But Natalie didn't care a lot for the circus. She sat at the park bench while all the rest of the town rushed to the park just to look at it. The smell of popcorn and candy floss filled the mid summer air. Natalie liked candy floss and popcorn. In fact, she liked anything that was sweet and sugary.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a dark shadow appeared in front of Natalie. Natalie stood up and tried backed away. Slowly, the figure stepped into the light. Who is it, Natalie thought.

to be continued...

Am i all alone in this universe?
There's no love on these streets.
I've given mine away to a world that didn't want it anyway.